HOW do you judge the business success of a small brewery? The same way that you judge its success in every other way: by the taste, actually. That is the philosophy that guides Jules Dolan, whose Abbey Bells Brewery is spending its fifth year as a one-man
A THIRD successive year of growth has seen Harrogate-based Appeal PR increase turnover by more than 30 per cent following a year of high-profile account wins. That is why the team, led by Paul Snape, is now entering both the Growth and Small Business
OUT with hourly rates; in with fixed fees. That was one of the formulae for the success of Arc Property Solicitors, of Princes Square, Harrogate, when it was set up by Richard Chan 13 years ago. Could that be a major reason why this firm, which specialises
FEW can have sturdier foundations to run a successful "green" timber construction business than 56-year-old Iain Robinson, managing director of Strensall-based Architectural & Creative Design/Ekorex Homes Ltd. Now he hopes that his venture which builds
If, as they say, clothes maketh the man, then used clothing maketh a great business from which schools benefit. Bag2School Ltd, which employs 16 full-time staff from England and Eastern Europe at its headquarters at Omega Business Park, Northallerton
BY DEFYING convention Helmsley businesswoman Susan Johnson has given women the world over a warm glow. The general thinking was that thermal knickers were for frumps but she proved nine years ago - with the help of a £5,000 Prince's Trust loan - that
PARTNERS at Berwins, one of Harrogate's biggest law firms, all have the same assessment of the company's founder. Paul Berwin, they say, is "driven, ambitious and above all, a man of vision." And they all want him to be the Business Personality Of The
IT'S tough out there for women in the predominantly male world of the events industry. But Katie Howard, joint managing director of Brightfive Limited, the York marketing and communications firm, is doing very nicely thank you. She runs the events division
GIVEN China's massive expansion, it knows a thing or two about manufacturing construction machinery. Now Britcom International, the East Yorkshire plant and truck sales company, has been targeted by the Chinese Hunan Sunward company. Both organisations
IT'S the ultimate bed & breakfast. No sooner had Pat Oxley finished an eight month, £100,000 improvement and redesign project to transform a Georgian townhouse into a five bedroom boutique B&B in Pickering, when the Visit Britain inspector arrived.
ASHLEY Cooper, of Cartridge World at Clifton Green, York, has decided to defend his Think Green Business Of The Year title. His store, along with his branches in Hull Road, York, and a newly-opened store in Front Street, Acomb, are trumpeting the cause
JUST as spectacular as what visitors see at Castle Howard, is what they don't. As many as 200,000 visitors each year head for that elegant 18th century building set in a 10,000 acre estate in the Howardian Hills near Malton. And they love it. But
WHEREVER they may roam... Cellhire regards York as home. Cellhire is the Clifton Park-based mobile phone solutions provider which is world famous for getting around expensive "roaming" charges abroad. It has offices around the planet, plus satisfied
WHEN it comes to inspiring students all over York and North Yorkshire, greater role models are harder to find than Clive Gott, professional speaker and "enter-trainer". Even though he left school with no qualifications and has had 34 jobs since then,
REUBEN Barrett and Rob Letts had one aim when they launched a brand new estate agency in April - to become the biggest in York in a year. Now Coalters Estate Agents is on target to achieve that dream, already claiming to be among the largest of about
EMPLOYEES from CPP of York have been getting teenagers acquainted with the world of work. The card protection and life assistance organisation - which with 1,100 people is one of the biggest private firms in York, and was The Press Large Business Of
YIPPEE! Today's the day when fun at Creepy Crawlies just gets better. A £200,000 outdoor adventure park for kids was opened this morning, as an extension to the Creepy Crawlies play scheme in Wigginton Road, Clifton Moor, York. Six weeks of careful
THERE are lots of reasons why 24-year-old Dan Savage's Artstop Studios, in York, has become such a success with its architectural glass art for modern buildings. But one of them was the testicular cancer, with which he was diagnosed while studying for
DAVID Hattersley, 40-year-old managing director of de Bretton, is not a man to mince his words. When City of York Council rejected his bid to turn the Bonding Warehouse into York's first five-star hotel, he made his feelings plain. "They have taken
IF picture pedigree has anything to do with it, then photographers Rob Scott and Jeff Ditchburn will be in the frame in The Press Business of the Year Awards 2007. Their company, Discerning Images Photography, which has a studio in Front Street, Acomb
Exclusive Footwear Ltd, based in Gillygate, York, is hoping to come out top in the Women In Enterprise category. It was launched in 2005 by Frances Chalmers, who said she was inspired to found her own shoe empire after an unsuccessful hunt in York for
ANYONE who loves York Minster is being urged to preserve it for the future by joining an exclusive "millionaire's club". A new campaign has been launched which is giving people the chance to pay £5 towards the restoration of the historic cathedral's
TECHNOLOGY means business for David and Lisa Fieldsend, whose Selby IT consultancy company punches way above its weight. With their Fieldsend Enterprises Ltd exceeding its latest annual sales target by more than 15 per cent, and profit margin by 20 per
photographers Andy Hopkinson and Sharon Malone, pictured, don't have to look too hard for good omens now that they have entered The Press Business Of The Year 2007. Their venture, FNS Photography of Boroughbridge, which is pitching for the Small Business
IF you describe the early years of York-based Gear4music.com as a simple ditty, then the business is now a full-blown cadenza. In only four years, the musical instrument and equipment firm started by Andrew Wass with part-time help in a small corner
TECHNOLOGY and design do meet. That is the lesson understood by a new generation - and it is being taught avidly to them by GSPK Design Ltd, based at Knaresborough Technology Park, in Manse Lane. The firm, which was established seven years ago as an
EVERY time Jacqui Gernon enters her remarkable children's nursery group, Happy Jays, in The Press Business Of The Year, she ends up as a finalist. Jacqui, who has four nurseries across Yorkshire - at Boroughbridge, York, Scarborough and, more recently
IN INLAND York you have to dig really deep for oysters. That wondrous little-known fact was discovered by local developer David Hattersley in his £3 million attempt to transform what was Tricksters, in Fossgate, into Harvilles Restaurant. The name
In the past two years owners Brian and Andrea Walker have invested more than £500,000 in improving Hazlewood Castle Hotel, near Tadcaster. That has resulted in the redevelopment of the new Restaurant Anise in the Old Orangery, creating a new gourmet
PEOPLE who have carried out acts of outstanding bravery are to be commended by the fire service at an awards ceremony. Fourteen- year-old Nathan Johnston, who cared for three victims of a serious road accident, is among those who will be honoured with
THE proprietor of a floating river café near York today said he was "very pleased" City of York Council had allowed him to moor the boat on the River Ouse. A City of York Council licensing committee yesterday approved Richard Dearlove's application
HUNTERS, the fast-growing York-based estate agency, believes that its credentials to win the Progress Through People accolade in The Press Business Awards 2007 are even greater than when it triumphed in the category in 2002. Since then the organisation
HE has already been a finalist in the Takeaway Of The Year category of BBC Radio 4's prestigious Food and Farming Awards. Now chef Mark Innes is pitching for his four-year-old venture, I-EAT-T in Gladstone Street, Acomb, to become the Small Business
LOVE finds a way. While many dating agencies throughout the UK are being forced out of business by competition from online services and speed dating specialists, Lesley Brewer's venture, The Introduction Company, is bucking the trend. Having started
HAVING got to the kernel of her tiny daughter's nut allergy, Angela Russell made sure that when it came to her cooking nuts were a no-no. But so delicious were the goodies she baked in her kitchen in Harrogate, that years later she launched her business
BMW claims engine revisions to its Mini Cooper D planned for later this year will make the diesel hatch capable of an impressive 72.4 mpg. The Cooper D is already BMW's cleanest ever car, but the improvements to the 1560cc diesel unit will mean the car's
STUDENTS carrying knives in schools is not a problem in York and North Yorkshire according to the county's new chief constable. Grahame Maxwell, the chief constable of North Yorkshire Police, said: "Fortunately knife crime in schools is not on our agenda
THOUGHT you'd mastered the art of walking? Think again, and welcome to Nordic walking. With my hands attached to two lengthy ski-style poles, I was trying to move my opposing arms and legs correctly as I tramped around York's Rowntree Park. Suddenly
BE AFRAID. Be very afraid. Jez Willard has once again thrown his boushi into the ring for The Press Business Awards 2007. Jez is the proprietor of the award-winning Japanese Shop, a boushi is a Japanese hat, and he is prepared to eat it he doesn't replicate
A VILLAGE pub has been sold to an award-winning chef for half a million pounds at auction. Martel Smith is planning a £100,000 refurbishment at The Dawnay Arms, in Newton-on-Ouse, near York, after taking on the pub with his partner, Kerry Ward. The
THE progress in the fight against crime is revealed in new figures released today. The number of burglaries, assaults, woundings and thefts in York are all detailed in a report which is due to be discussed by City of York Council on Wednesday. It shows
PERSONAL trainer Christian Fox writes a regular column on how to get in shape. This week: Things to think about in-flight this summer. Before jetting off to your holiday destination this summer, think about the preventive measures you can take to avoid
THE city of Leeds seeped into playwright Oliver Emanuel in his student days, especially Hyde Park where his encounters with the local bird life led him to call it Magpie Park. His 70-minute play for the fifth Northern Exposure season of new writing is
ONE of York's oldest building services firms is on target to reach a turnover of £24 million this year. Now the 187-year-old JH Shouksmith and Sons Ltd, whose head office and York divisional centre are based in Osbaldwick, is competing for the Large
SPARE a thought for the Galaxy, which has been such a wonderful workhorse for Ford since 1995. Back then it did not have much competition in the MPV sector, with perhaps only the Renault Espace a serious rival for your money if you needed a reasonably-priced
A HARROGATE business is celebrating its silver anniversary by giving a slice of its June sales to a major cancer charity. Prontaprint Harrogate is hoping to donate up to £10,000 to Yorkshire Cancer Research - marking 25 years of service in the Yorkshire
REVELLERS could soon come home from a night out in York smelling of freshly-baked bread, peaches or lemon meringue pie. Two city-centre clubs are planning to replace the pungent smell of cigarettes and cigars with something a little sweeter. The owners
FUNDING to maintain recycling facilities for 2,000 York homes looks set to get the green light from councillors. The Friends Of St Nicholas Fields currently carry out kerbside recycling for 3,300 properties in York. City of York Council has been
RISING business stars have one last chance to enter the Business Link York and North Yorkshire Entrepreneur Awards. The competition aims to reward young people for their entrepreneurial flair and outstanding contribution to enterprise in York and North
A SELBY village has been hit by a spate of petrol thefts, which have left cars badly damaged and potentially lethal. Thieves have hit eight cars in Barlby, piercing the petrol tanks and letting fuel drip into the street. Claire Hartley, 23, of Barlby
THE British love affair with convertibles looks set to continue, despite the wet May weather. Vehicle auction company BCA is reporting rising prices for soft tops, in the run-up to the main summer months. BCA's network operations director, Simon Henstock
IT began life in 1699 as a York country house for Thomas Barlow, master cutler from Sheffield, eventually became the ill-fated Brummels nightclub and then, from 1984, was transformed over five years into an hotel which is the last word in luxury. Now
IF manufacturing has a heartbeat, you will find it in Tadcaster - and it is a steady pulse. That is the home of the privately-owned Lambert Engineering, whose 130 staff on the Station Estate build the machines that keep industry going. They craft KitKat
A LITTLE under a year after launching, Laratech Ltd has doubled its workforce to four. The venture, steered by managing director Andrew Lee, recently moved into new premises at Devonshire Court in Green Lane, Clifton, to offer "a true one stop shop for
URGENCE! Emergencia! Notfall! Emergency! Whatever their language people in danger are vulnerable. Which is why an invention by a York man could end an emergency operator's worst nightmare. It could put his company, formed in January, in line to win
WHEN this York wonder man isn't surfing off Sydney's beaches, he's working to generate record levels of interest in Mitrefinch's employee management systems in Australia. Paul Douglass, the firm's operations manager for Australasia and Asia, has worked
LIZ Devine-Wright has no regrets about rivalling her mum in The Press Business Awards 2007. The two women from Tadcaster may have two totally separate business - Liz Wright Property is a property developer and landlord venture, while mother, Joy Devine
A LITTLE learning is a profitable thing. That is what MyKnowledgeMap has proved thousands of times over as the UK's top supplier of online infrastructures for National Skills Academies. The result has been that the organisation, which now employs 32
From the writers of Guys And Dolls, Frank Loesser and Abe Burrows, this satirical comedy was once the longest-running musical on Broadway. It follows the travails of J Pierrepont Finch, a young man weaseling his way up the corporate ladder through flattery
TADCASTER couple David Hinkley and Liz Roberts are to recreate the stage roles that brought them together 11 years ago. They first met while appearing in Towton, a play by North Yorkshire author Andrew MacHutchon, which premiered in 1996 at the Joseph
SIMON Webbe sold 700,000 copies of his debut solo album, Sanctuary, on top of the 13 million-selling success of his boy band Blue, yet only now is he undertaking his first nationwide tour. Two years have passed since that debut album, three since Blue
THE Edinburgh Fringe is on the horizon, and so it is time again for the finest comedians in the land to journey to York to road-test their hour-long shows for the Scottish marathon that lies ahead in August. Over the next nine weekends, 18 acts will
RUBBISH-infested back alleys are the last thing York needs. Bin bags that are put out early get targeted by dogs and cats. They can split and the contents spill out, causing a stink and attracting rats. This has always been a problem in areas of York
Non-smokers looking forward to a pint in a smoke-free pub once the smoking ban comes in could be in for a shock. They may instead be treated to the smell of stale beer and sweat - fragrances the smoke had been hiding. Two city centre clubs have come
FOLLOWING your article regarding hospital discharges (Changing beds, The Press, May 29), we would like to make some further observations. Archways is not an intermediate care centre. Grove House provided this service until cutbacks in autumn 2006. Archways
PLANS for a massive development on York's Nestlé Rowntree site are a step closer after they were discussed by planning chiefs. A revised draft development brief for the Nestlé South site was considered by City of York Council's planning committee last
The piece about monitoring police efficiency and surveillance (Bobbies under surveillance, The Press, May 30) reminded me of an episode I came across while on holiday in North Wales a few years ago. She who must be obeyed and I were sheltering from
I'M finding it hard to believe my eyes. According to your report "Lottery bid for Mystery Plays" (The Press, May 28), the council's new executive member for leisure and culture is to commission a multicultural reinterpretation of the Mystery Plays
DRIVING or riding a cycle in and out of Strensall, we have been disrupted for 12 weeks by roadworks around Earswick. It did look as if the road was going to be widened and give us desperately needed cycle lanes, as part is a clearway and cars, vans
I WONDER what prompted Mr George Appleby to write his letter (That's the way, May 23). Perhaps he is an observer of life like myself. It is actually fascinating watching peoples' expressions and reactions to an eye-to-eye encounter. Unfortunately,
YORK Early Music Festival marks its 30th birthday this summer by focusing on music written to celebrate Powerplay: 500 Years of Musical Intrigues, Politics and Power within Church and State. Appropriately, the festival programme from July 5 to 14 is
THE saddest aspect of Ruth Kelly's decision to grant outline planning permission for the University of York to build an unnecessarily large campus on farmland in the green belt is that the planning process has failed yet again to provide an optimal
TERRI Dowty, director of the pressure group Action on Rights For Children, is jumping up and down again because he says the police have now more than 100,000 DNA and fingerprint samples of children over ten years old who have been arrested, and if their
I WAS horrified by C Henson's letter (Let police use these guns', The Press, May 23), calling for the police to have access to taser guns, even for general use. Unfortunately, not all police are equal judges of when such use is justified (they can't
HAVE the police finally gone from fighting crime to committing crime? It would seem to be that way if you look at The Press article "We're the victims of this crime" (May 26). Somebody breaks into an innocent person's car to take that person's property
SYDNEY singer-songwriter Josh Pyke was signed to Island by the man who snared Coldplay. See if he matches those high expectations when he plays Fibbers, in York, on Sunday evening to plug his debut album, Memories & Dust. "Sounding temptingly like
QUICKSILVER celebrate 100 years of comic song tomorrow at Helmsley Arts Centre at 7.30pm. Hilary Spencer, one-time member of harmony group Artisan, and Grant Baynham, once a regular on That's Life! , savour the humour of Victoria Wood, Flanders and
THE York Late Music Festival opens today with jazz, all part of the ever-broadening canvas of an event now in its 13th year. The cutting-edge musicianship of pianist Frank Harrison and his trio sparks up the festival at 7.30pm this evening at the National
MARSHALL Lancaster is adjusting to life in York after Life On Mars. From tomorrow he plays a quartet of roles - Edgar Linton, Linton, Old Earnshaw and Joseph - in Jane Thornton's stage adaptation of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights at York Theatre
IT comes as a surprise to learn that only now is York Theatre Royal artistic director Damian Cruden directing his first Harold Pinter production, The Dumb Waiter. However, Damian himself is "not overly surprised" at the wait to handle one of the greats
The Hawkhills Emergency Planning College, near Easingwold, has marked its 70th anniversary with a royal visit from the Duke of Gloucester. STEPHEN LEWIS sneaked in to try to debunk a few persistent rumours. THERE are all kinds of rumours about Hawkhills
THE glamour and spectacle of Bollywood arrives at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, for the summer with the staging of Bollywood Jane from tomorrow until June 30. Written by Amanda Whittington, directed by Nikolai Foster and choreographed by Zoobin
THE pace of life is never quick enough for the Hare, always too quick for the Tortoise. However, for percussionist Hana Komai, it is just right on an upward spiral that has taken her from Japan to the United States and onwards to York this spring.
BLUEGRASS act Union Central follow up their York Live Music Festival appearance at Merchant Taylors' Hall last Sunday with an 8.30pm concert at the Black Swan, Peasholme Green, York, on June 10. The York band pays tribute to the music of Alison Krauss
HARROGATE Gilbert and Sullivan Society presents the double bill of HMS Pinafore and Trial by Jury at Harrogate Theatre from June 5 to 9. This year the society is extending its free ticket offer, whereby two free child tickets per single adult ticket
YOU KNOW, you could easily get paranoid around here. Our money-grabbing former Prime Minister might be off on one of his many freebie farewell tours, but the NuLabour machine grinds on, and in the manner of a particularly spooky science fiction novel
BEFORE the singing of You'll Never Walk Alone at Anfield on the final day of the season, the stadium announcer asked fans to spare a thought for the missing youngster Madeleine McCann, who disappeared from her bedroom during a family holiday in Portugal
TO be honest, I don't really know what "forced rhubarb" is. Rhubarb grown in darkness so the stems are forced to grow long in search of sunlight, perhaps? Or rhubarb that, after being cooked, has been forced through some kind of mesh to turn it into a
THE fate of village post offices is much in the news. So too is the future of the shop, once the hub of village life but now often struggling to survive in a dormitory community. It is always refreshing to come across enterprise. When we heard that
IMPRESARIO Ellen Kent and Opera International present the Chisinau National Opera production of Tosca at the Grand Opera House, York, on June 10 at 7.30pm. Premiered on January 14 1900, Puccini's opera has stood the test of time with its tragic story
THIS has been a dizzying year for smart London lip Kate Nash, whose foundations are now in place for lift-off. She fell down the stairs, she broke her foot and found that, actually, she could write. From bedroom/bedridden noodles to the poignant
THE Late Music Festival at the National Centre for Early Music (NCEM) begins tonight with the class act of Frank Harrison's Trio. The advertised special guest Louis Stewart is unable to play because of ill-health, but the replacement, Julian Arguelles
TEN York Crafters are holding their fourth Mainly Rag Rugs exhibition and "running workshop" at York Cemetery Chapel, Cemetery Road, York. For one morning each week, a group of friends by the name of the Ten York Crafters gathers in each other's homes
KENTMERE House Gallery owner Ann Petherick makes regular forays to discover artists from around the country who have never shown in York. Michael Cooper is one such painter, and his work will be on show at the Scarcroft Hill gallery from this weekend
HUNDREDS of warning letters have gone out to streets in York in only three months, as part of a tough clampdown on misplaced rubbish. Council officers have been rifling through bin bags warning persistent offenders they could face a £100 fine if they
WELSH non-League international Danny Parslow is determined to become a permanent fixture in the York City team next season. The Minstermen have exercised an option in Parslow's contract to extend his KitKat Crescent stay by a further year and the former
FIVE interested parties have made rival bids for Leeds United as Ken Bates attempts to cling on to power. Creditors meet at Elland Road today knowing Bates is favourite to complete his buy-back of the club, which went into administration earlier this
FRONT-LINE pace bowler Nick Thornicroft will be missing from York Cricket Club's line-up tomorrow. The Yorkshire bowler is at a family wedding so misses the Oxbridge Yorkshire ECB County Premier League game with Driffield at Clifton Park. His place
BARBICAN suffered their first defeat of the season in division one of the York Veterans' Bowls League, losing 24-11 to RI Amateurs. Shipton beat Holgate 16 1/2 -6 and are level on points with RI Amateurs at the top of the league. Bootham A' had their
In the latest qualifier of the York Open £1,000 Individual Darts Tournament sponsored by John Smiths, John Mooring had legs of 16, 18 and 19 to progress to the semi-final where he met Danny White (18, 19 and 20). White had legs of 19 and 20 to take a
ONE Systems Group is one of those technology companies that works quietly "back stage" to keep the economy going. Richard Knowles, the managing director, and his 25-strong team have been developing and growing, helping the transformation of British business
YORK City Rowing Club Juniors excelled at the National Schools' Regatta, gaining a gold and silver at the most prestigious Junior Regatta of the year. The Junior Under-16 double scull of Tom Korebejko and Chris Wright were victorious in their 20-boat
SUN stopped play in Yorkshire Phoenix's Friends Provident Trophy match at Derby last night but by then it was already beginning to go down on Derbyshire Phantoms' chances of beating the Tykes. Chasing a stiff 254 target, Derbyshire were struggling
POLICE dressed in riot gear swooped on an address in York in the latest in a series of drugs raids as part of Operation Holland. The raid took place at a flat in George Street, off Walmgate, at around 10.30am yesterday. CID and uniformed officers backed
MOST Premiership referees curse the television camera as their errors are highlighted on Match of the Day every weekend. But, from now on, the York Referees' Association intend to film local matches in an effort to help, rather than hinder, the development
Being a fairly conscientious person I've always tried to recycle, but like most things there is a postcode lottery around the country. Where you live can drastically alter what you can and cannot recycle, how much and how often; forcing people like
BLYTHE Knight, the most versatile horse in Ryedale, and perhaps in Britain, bids to provide John Quinn with another memorable victory at Epsom tomorrow. Not only is he the top-rated two-miles novice hurdler in the country, Blythe Knight is also
AT LAST, a York-based business whose aim in life is to remove panic from individuals and corporations, has decided to excise the panic - or rather Panik - from itself. Panik Lifestyle Management & Concierge Services is shedding the Panik in its rebranding
The night finally arrived - the night I've been waiting on for four months with excitement and anticipation. No, it wasn't Pirates of the Caribbean 3 - as much as I love a bit of old Johnny with bad dreads and teeth to match - it was another older
IF the mood music for his industry is playing a dark cadenza, then Paul Cunniff, managing director of Acomb Music, is not daunted. Last year, Paul considered whether to shut his shop in Front Street, Acomb, and turn to a web-based operation. But he said
PAVERS Ltd is the shoe shop empire that Catherine Paver launched 40 years ago and fostered into greatness. Shoe-shop.com is the online footwear retailer that her son, Stuart, founded and built into Europe's largest online shoe store, offering tens of
AS a former Yorkshire cycle racing champion and top international competitor, Phil Brighton applies the same hard-pedal grit to his York business, Pinnacle Web Design. "With my ambition and talent at cycle racing, I was determined to replicate this in
A YOUNG woman was injured when her car hit a traffic light and blocked part of a major road in York during the morning rush hour. The woman's Renault Clio almost knocked the traffic light flat on to the ground, at the junction of Barbican Road and Lawrence
SCIENTIFIC genius pays. Evidence of that comes from Pivotal Laboratories, of Aviator Court, in Clifton Moor, York. The laboratory services it provides to the world's pharmaceutical and biotech industries not only plays its part in clinical trials to
THERE were 790 trees saved from felling this year by one policy action from Platinum Print Ltd, of Harrogate. The environmentally-conscious firm recommends its customers choose recycled paper and board. The result? The firm printed more than 33 tons
SHE is the York wonder woman who is determined to create a new generation of super heroes. When Jules Wyman is not hiking in Peru, abseiling off the Humber Bridge, cycling across Cambodia and fire-walking, she is "chief inspiration officer and confidence
SINCE the launch of The Practice Partnership at Clifton Green, the complementary health practice has been going from strength to strength. The venture, otherwise known as The Clinic on the Green, was launched in new premises in a deal worth £400,000
Authorized, who showed star quality at York last month, can confirm himself the real deal by winning the Derby at Epsom tomorrow. A worthy red-hot favourite for the Vodafone-sponsored showpiece, the Peter Chapple-Hyam-trained colt will be bidding to
Leila Lyons is hoping to impress the judges in the Young Business Entrepreneur Of The Year category. The 24 year-old puppy lover launched her own dog grooming salon and boutique in York in March. Puppy Love, in Walmgate, is a place for pooches to
WITHOUT even trying, Purchasing Management Services drums up about £170,000 worth of business for York's hotels and restaurants every year At the same time, the training organisation based in its own hi-tech, 3,000sq ft centre in Buckingham Street, York
WEB solutions company PureNet is netting pure profits. Launched last November to offer something fresh and "pure" to companies everywhere, PureNet Solutions developed and introduced its PureClarity Framework of integrated services and products. The idea
STEPHEN Sorby's training and business consultancy is "P4Ming" very well, thank you. His P4M which has a separate, but sometimes linked, arm of theatre and production, is becoming so successful that it is pitching for both the Small Business Of The Year
POLICE in the York area spent £315,000 more than their budget in the last financial year. A report due to be discussed by North Yorkshire Police Authority shows that the county's central area, which includes York, went over its allocated budget by
CLEAN your hands - that was the message to users of York Hospital on a bug-fighting awareness day. Dozens of people coming through the hospital's restaurant doors were given a unique insight into their own skin as part of the "hand hygiene awareness
HE'S a travel agent who keeps moving. Destination: upwards. The fortunes of Paul Smith's Quartz Travel, in Heworth Road, York, has been nothing short of meteoric in the two-and-a-half years since it was launched. Through sheer hard work, the turnover
THE benefits of having a new fleet of trains will be demonstrated to York MP Hugh Bayley today. Mr Bayley was scheduled to visit York Station this morning to see how Northern Rail's new "sprinter" trains were improving the service. The company, which
MAINTAINING four star status for an 18th century building needs constant investment. Hence the latest £1 million pound investment in the Ramada Fairfield Manor York, which has seen the upgrading of all 89 rooms, plus major refurbishment of the communal
SCRAWLED in the background of Charles Hills' Reflections Classic Car Hire website is the epithet, "Emotions in Motion". That just about sums up the business which Charles and his wife, Janice, began at their home in Sutton-on-the-Forest in April, spending
SKILLED students from York College have been putting their new found talents to the test. Students were given a unique insight into a career in the heritage sector by participating in a free day-long event at Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal. Students
SUDDENLY, a satin-voiced song, all about your baby coming into the world, echoes around the church - and there's not a dry eye at the baptism. It is a tinklingly-sweet little lullaby tailored to name and birth date of tiny Mary or Johnny and literally
HATS off to Rose Belinda LLP, millinery manufacturer of The Granary, Tockwith, which uses ancient tools to produce modern results, and is expecting a 400 per cent increase in turnover this year. The firm, founded five years ago by John Lee and Sue Mackintosh
CAMPAIGNERS protesting against a mobile phone mast in their community have won support from an unusual source - a garden gnome. The small figurine has appeared next to a 15-foot mast in Sheriff Hutton, near York, which has been the subject of a fierce
AT the time it was built in 1878 - a year after York Railway Station was completed - the Royal York Hotel was built to accommodate the aristocracy of the north as well as wealthy Yorkshire industrialists. It had 55 bedrooms then, and today there are
QUESTION: what do fish and two York nightclubs have in common? Answer: Russell Brown. Russell is managing director of McMillan York Ltd, which owns bpm (beats per minute), in Rougier Street, and Nexus, in Tanner Row. He also enthused all 70 of his
IT IS an issue so controversial, police once had to be called to keep order at a public meeting where it was discussed. But the controversy surrounding the notorious Wells Walk footpath in Pickering may finally be settled, after the start of legal moves
SARAH Ashton has proved time and again she has the knack of giving beautiful women a winning look. The young York dressmaker has designed stunning gowns for two Miss York entrants in their bids to become Miss England. Two years ago Georgia Horsley visited
SAWFISH Software, the York-based developer of SalesFlow and DebtFlow, has not only turned loss into profit, but is also pitching for the Growth Business Of The Year and the Science & Technology Business Of The Year titles in The Press Business Awards
"THEIR after-sales service is absolutely rubbish - after they'd got their money from me I felt like an ex-customer." These were the words of a Selby area woman, describing the treatment she received from furniture retailer MFI after buying a kitchen
NO sooner had Matthew East and Rosie Ellis expanded their 14,000 sq ft warehouse in Sutton-on- the-Forest by taking on an extra 10,000 sq ft next door, than the huge skeleton pirates moved in. They were followed by, among other things, monster Golden
IF personality and determination powers profits, then larger-than-life Scott Anscomb has a head start. Ever since Scott bought the franchise of the estate agency at St Trinity House in Kings Square, York, transforming it into Your Move Anscombs three
PROOF that British firms can still be supreme at exports comes from Sheppee International Ltd, of Elvington. As engineers to glass manufacturers, the company celebrated its 100th anniversary by announcing that in three years its exports have moved from
PAVERS Ltd is the shoe shop empire that Catherine Paver launched 40 years ago and fostered into greatness. Shoe-shop.com is the online footwear retailer that her son, Stuart, founded and built into Europe's largest online shoe store, offering tens of
JOY Devine has not let the success of her Tadcaster hat shop go to her head. After all, her venture Simply Devine was a dream that only came to fruition once she retired, aged 60, from being a postwoman. But she knows she is good enough to be an
WORK never bottoms out for Marty Walker as long as there is a growing demand for soft or sassy motorcycle seats. From a workshop in his garden, in Danesbury Crescent, Acomb, Marty applies all his skills as a leather trimmer to create dazzling motorcycle
IT HAS been a super year for a super company - and it's not over yet. Superbreak, the 24-year-old firm which employs 275 people on two storeys in the Ryedale Building, in Piccadilly, York, has become the market leader in the provision of UK short breaks
SOME believe washing their car brings rain - so right now should be boom time for two York entrepreneurs. Craig Johnson and Colin Armstrong, otherwise known as The Car Wash Guys, of Netherwindings, Haxby, began their mobile valeting venture in January
A FORWARD-thinking farmer's son from Towthorpe, York, is in the forefront of a food retailing revolution. Edward Sykes, 27, is managing director of The Farmer's Cart, the family business whose farm, plus shop and café have strived to prove that produce
A NEW venture in York is going with the grain of green tradition in Britain. Allan Roberts, of Millfield Gardens, Nether Poppleton, is The Hedge Man, which is seeking both the New Business Of The Year and Think Green Business Of The Year titles in The
IF YOU'VE got it, scream it! Well, our city has a chilling history and the screaming about it is nowhere more blood-curdling than at the York Museum in Clifford Street. For the past 21 years it has counted its success both in cash and visitors' goosebumps
IF YOU think that To Catch A Dream doesn't stand a hope in The Press Business Awards 2007, dream on. The family-owned bed and linen shop in Harrogate's swanky Montpellier Quarter is pitching for the Retailer Of The Year and Progress Through People titles
WHEN Jo Ayoubi, a former training director for Ernst & Young met software expert Steve Walsh, their lives fused in more ways than one. For a start they fell in love. Then seven years ago they launched Track Surveys Ltd, which is described as an online
INFLATION means success for York businessmen Craig Johnson and Ian Lightowler. The two men have recently launched Tyre Safe York Ltd, a mobile puncture prevention firm. Together they invested £3,000 in equipment and a van to offer businesses and car
A FARMER and his son are spearheading a small revolution in the production of bio-fuels in Storwood, ten miles south-east of York. Peter and Michael Rhodes head up Vegetable Oil Services, a new subsidiary of Peter Rhodes Feed Services, their well-known
COULD this year prove a hat-trick for Welcom, the huge Harrogate bespoke software provider? It won the Progress Through People title in The Press Business Awards in 2005; and again last year. Now its 50 staff at The Exchange, in Station Parade, are
ALREADY there are clear signs that an investment of about £150,000 in the White Hart Hotel and Conference Centre in Harrogate is working. The aim of Robert Warren, the new general manager, is to make the more than 200-year-old 53 bedroom hotel overlooking
A LOT has happened in the year since web development and online marketing company 9xb.com became a finalist in The Small Business Of The Year category of the 2006 Press Business Awards. Now the organisation, based at Firecrest House on the Lingerfield
ATOMIC-POWERED success is driving a York company to greater and greater heights. University of York spinout firm, Xceleron is being hailed all over the world for the way in which its edge-ofscience work with atoms is helping to speed up drug development
ONCE, not very long ago, the Yorkshire Air Museum was seen as a Mecca mostly for those who revel in wartime nostalgia. Today that evocative and fascinating site in Halifax Way, Elvington, based on an authentic Second World War bomber command station
The York Marriott Hotel, in Tadcaster Road, is hoping to be crowned the first Tourism And Hospitality Business Of The Year. The four-star hotel, which has 151 bedrooms and 120 staff, has already walked away with a top award this year - winning the
